William Wright
@williamw1.bsky.social
Founder of think tank New Financial. Bigger & better capital markets in Europe. ‘Top City wonk’ - CityAM. Expert on the decline of ties - Daily Mail
Is everyone OK at Politico?
The government launched into an air war in the hope of landing its announcement that fewer normies will sit in court and decide who the crims are.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Is everyone OK at Politico?
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Sad news that Hans-Joerg Rudolf died yesterday. A legend in the bond markets
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Bond market titan Hans-Joerg Rudloff dies | IFR
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December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Sad news that Hans-Joerg Rudolf died yesterday. A legend in the bond markets
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Why does Robinhood have a Chief Investment Officer?
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Why does Robinhood have a Chief Investment Officer?
Christmas is coming early this week for financial policy wonks:
Tuesday: Financial Policy Committee publishes its first assessment of bank capital requirements in six years
Wednesday: European Commission publishes its 'market integration package', a raft of legislative proposals for the SIU
Tuesday: Financial Policy Committee publishes its first assessment of bank capital requirements in six years
Wednesday: European Commission publishes its 'market integration package', a raft of legislative proposals for the SIU
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Christmas is coming early this week for financial policy wonks:
Tuesday: Financial Policy Committee publishes its first assessment of bank capital requirements in six years
Wednesday: European Commission publishes its 'market integration package', a raft of legislative proposals for the SIU
Tuesday: Financial Policy Committee publishes its first assessment of bank capital requirements in six years
Wednesday: European Commission publishes its 'market integration package', a raft of legislative proposals for the SIU
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The head of the AMF calls for ESMA to have more power to supervise large asset management groups, market infrastructure companies, global cryptoasset service providers in this FT oped www.ft.com/content/c0e1...
EU watchdog must be given more power to supervise capital markets
Esma should be granted direct oversight of large cross-border entities such as asset managers and global crypto firms
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The head of the AMF calls for ESMA to have more power to supervise large asset management groups, market infrastructure companies, global cryptoasset service providers in this FT oped www.ft.com/content/c0e1...
The fastest bowler you’ve never heard of: a lovely article about Duncan Spencer www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
The Ashes: Duncan Spencer - the fastest bowler you might not have heard of
The story of Duncan Spencer, the
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December 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The fastest bowler you’ve never heard of: a lovely article about Duncan Spencer www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Whether you agree with him or not, it’s great to see some politicians posting about policy and not just politics. More please.
Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Whether you agree with him or not, it’s great to see some politicians posting about policy and not just politics. More please.
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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I hope someone checks in with these guys today to see how they’ll cope with the Budget
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I hope someone checks in with these guys today to see how they’ll cope with the Budget
I have a friend who by his own admission makes far too much money. He asked me today if I knew whether the mansion tax would apply to both of his homes (yes) and whether there would be premium mansion tax on his second one (???) #highqualityproblems
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I have a friend who by his own admission makes far too much money. He asked me today if I knew whether the mansion tax would apply to both of his homes (yes) and whether there would be premium mansion tax on his second one (???) #highqualityproblems
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Would love some in-depth numbers on what the majority of 20-30 somethings basically paying a 9% higher marginal tax rate has actually done to economic behaviour. Feels very under-discussed bsky.app/profile/igma...
Student loan repayment thresholds frozen for a further three years.
More debt burden falling on graduates.
And even more reason to cut university places by 20-30%.
More debt burden falling on graduates.
And even more reason to cut university places by 20-30%.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Would love some in-depth numbers on what the majority of 20-30 somethings basically paying a 9% higher marginal tax rate has actually done to economic behaviour. Feels very under-discussed bsky.app/profile/igma...
It's April 2020, the middle of lockdown.
You want to keep your money safe so look up the best available cash ISA rates. 1.61% locked up for 5 years. Looks good. You put in £20,000.
It's now April 2025, you've now got £21,663, an 8% return. Great.
But in real terms, you've lost 15% of your money
You want to keep your money safe so look up the best available cash ISA rates. 1.61% locked up for 5 years. Looks good. You put in £20,000.
It's now April 2025, you've now got £21,663, an 8% return. Great.
But in real terms, you've lost 15% of your money
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's April 2020, the middle of lockdown.
You want to keep your money safe so look up the best available cash ISA rates. 1.61% locked up for 5 years. Looks good. You put in £20,000.
It's now April 2025, you've now got £21,663, an 8% return. Great.
But in real terms, you've lost 15% of your money
You want to keep your money safe so look up the best available cash ISA rates. 1.61% locked up for 5 years. Looks good. You put in £20,000.
It's now April 2025, you've now got £21,663, an 8% return. Great.
But in real terms, you've lost 15% of your money
This is excellent news. Regardless of what impact it will have on investing, it is insane that the UK offers tax incentives to save up to £20k a year. No other country has incentives for saving that are anywhere close to this level. www.ft.com/content/c134...
Rachel Reeves to cut annual cash Isa limit to £12,000 in Budget
Move comes as UK government attempts to funnel more cash into London-listed stocks
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is excellent news. Regardless of what impact it will have on investing, it is insane that the UK offers tax incentives to save up to £20k a year. No other country has incentives for saving that are anywhere close to this level. www.ft.com/content/c134...
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm good.
I'm good.
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm good.
I'm good.
Just for once it would be lovely if Thameslink could put on a train to go home that runs on time. Just once.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just for once it would be lovely if Thameslink could put on a train to go home that runs on time. Just once.
Thank you Zak Crawley for making everyone feel better about how their week is going
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Thank you Zak Crawley for making everyone feel better about how their week is going
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only $84,192.56 to go before it reaches fair value
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
only $84,192.56 to go before it reaches fair value
Quite enough stress already without that gut-wrenching feeling for the next six weeks of waking up in the morning and turning on the radio to hear the overnight score from the Ashes.
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Quite enough stress already without that gut-wrenching feeling for the next six weeks of waking up in the morning and turning on the radio to hear the overnight score from the Ashes.
I spend way too much time thinking about EU finreg as my first thoughts on this were a) what does this mean for the Ecofin agenda next year when Ireland has the presidency of the EU? And b) who will replace him as head of the Eurogroup and what will that mean for the SIU? www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Donohoe resigns from Government for World Bank role
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has resigned from his role in Government to take up a position at the World Bank.
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I spend way too much time thinking about EU finreg as my first thoughts on this were a) what does this mean for the Ecofin agenda next year when Ireland has the presidency of the EU? And b) who will replace him as head of the Eurogroup and what will that mean for the SIU? www.rte.ie/news/politic...
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I simply do not understand how the govt can simultaneously believe (1) they don’t have enough political capital to breach the manifesto on tax and (2) they have enough to political capital to pick an unwinnable fight with their own MPs on immigration.
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I simply do not understand how the govt can simultaneously believe (1) they don’t have enough political capital to breach the manifesto on tax and (2) they have enough to political capital to pick an unwinnable fight with their own MPs on immigration.
It's that time of year when every company I have ever bought something from online decides to ignore GDPR and send me a Christmas marketing email anyway...
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It's that time of year when every company I have ever bought something from online decides to ignore GDPR and send me a Christmas marketing email anyway...
I’m old enough to remember when beating Australia at rugby was a big deal
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I’m old enough to remember when beating Australia at rugby was a big deal
That emergency budget in July 2024 when the government announced that things were a lot worse than they thought, reversed half of the cuts to employee NI, and added a 1p NHS levy to income tax seems a very long time ago.
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
That emergency budget in July 2024 when the government announced that things were a lot worse than they thought, reversed half of the cuts to employee NI, and added a 1p NHS levy to income tax seems a very long time ago.